Blog Project: 30 Traffic Generation Tips

First of all a big “thank you”? for every one who participated. As Isaid before the number of entries surprised me (and the quality aswell, I will definitely apply some of those tips myself).

Now, without further delay, the 30 Traffic Generation Tips?:

1. Sridhar Katakam
Keep track of blogs and leave comments on them. A good way to keep the conversation going is to install a MyBlogLog widget and visit the blog of people visiting your site.

2. Ian Delaney
Nothing creates long-term traffic more than value. Consider writingposts with resources or explaining how things work. Useful things getlinked to and they get onto del.icio.us, which is far better long-termthan a digg front page.

3. Scott Townsend
Inform search engines and aggregators like Technorati (using the pingfunctionality) when your blog is updated, this should ensure maximumtraffic coming from those sources. (check the List of Ping Services)

4. Kyle
Simplify. Pay attention to complex issues in your field of work. It maybe a big long publication that is hard to wade through or a conceptthat is hard to grasp. Reference it and make a shorter “for dummies”version with your own lessons learned and relevant tips. When doingthis, I have been surprised to find that the simplified post willappear before the more complex version in search results. Perhaps thisis why it results in increased traffic; people looking for more help orclarification on the subject will land on your blog.

5. Grant Gerver
Try to be polemic. I write obsessively about all-things political fromthe left-wing perspective in the form of humorous, sarcastic one-liners.

6. Daniel
A simple tip that will probably boost your page views: install a translator plugin.I decided to use a paid plugin for this, but if I am not wrong thereare some free ones as well. The translation is not very good, as youcan imagine, but it helps to attract readers that are not fluent inEnglish.

7. Rory
Submit articles to blog carnivals (http://blogcarnival.com) that are related to your niche. Your article almost always gets posted, and it must generate a handful of visitors, at least.

8. Ramen Junkie
Newsgroups. I always see a spike when I post a review to a newsgroup.

9. Eric Atkins
Create a new design for your website. Not only will it be moreattractive to your regular readers, but you can submit it to some CSSgallery showcase sites that feature great designs. This will give youexposure on those sites while generating a lot of traffic and backlinksfrom those types of sites.

10. Megan Taylor
Participate in conversations on related blogs. Start conversations onyour own blog. Don’t just post about a story and leave it at that,engage your audience, ask questions and call to action.

11. Guido
Comment on blogs, write useful content and make good friends on forums.

12. Brian Auer
You must be active to generate traffic. I post comments on other blogsthat are related to mine, and I post my site link in my signature atthe forums. Spread the word about your blog and it will certainlyattract readers.

13. Shankar Ganesh
Just browse around MyBlogLog.com and you will surely get visitors toyour blog. Also try to join as many communities as possible that arerelated to your topic.

14. Andrew Timberlake
A great tip for generating traffic is off-line by including your url inall your off-line liturature from business cards, letterheads,pamphlets, adverts through in-store signage if applicable. I even haveour website on my vehicle.

15. Cory OBrien
Read lots of other blogs. Leave trackbacks. Make sure your blog isoptimized for search engines. Leverage social bookmarking sites likedigg (both for new ideas and for traffic).

16. Jester
Leave comments on other blogs. If you’re already reading them, it takes
just a couple of seconds to leave a message agreeing or disagreeing
with the author, you get to leave a link to your site, and you will almost
ALWAYS get traffic from your comments.

17. Goerge Manty
Post 3-5 times a day. Use ping services like pingomatic or set upwordpress to ping some of the ping services. Engage your readers. Putup polls, ask them questions, give them quizes, free tools, etc. Makethem want to come back and tell their friends about you.

18. Engtech
Community. It’s one word but it is the most important one when it comesto blogging. The only “blog metric” that makes sense is the vibrantcommunity of readers it has. Building a community around your blog willbring you increased traffic, but how do you start? The boilerplateresponse to building traffic is always “SEO, social networking sites,and commenting on blogs” but it can be simplified to “be part of acommunity”. The easiest way to seed your blog is with an alreadyexisting community. But the only way to do that is to be part of thecommunity yourself.

19. Chris
Squidoo Lenses are a good way to generate traffic. By using a lense,
you can generate your own custom “community” of webpages, including some
of the more popular pages in your “neighborhood.” Including your own
webpage in such a list is a good way of generating traffic.

20. Splork
I’ve had good success writing articles and submitting them toEzineArticles. Articles that have been written from well-researchedkeyword phrases and accepted by EzineArticles tend to rank very high inGoogle for that search term. Placing anchor text in the footer of thosearticles so the reader can visit my relevant website has alwaysincreased my site traffic.

21. Jen Gordon
I came upon some unexpected traffic when my blog popped up on some cssdesign portals like www.cssmania.com and www.webcreme.com. If you canput some time into the concept behind and design for your blog, I’drecommend submitting your site to a design portal not only for
additional traffic but to build an additional community around your site.

22. Kat
I’ve recently gotten involved with several “MySpace-like” communitysites that focus on my target audience. I share my thoughts in theirforums, post intros to my real blog on their system blog and I’ve evencreated a group for my specific niche. It’s been very, very successfulfor me.

23. Inspirationbit
Well, obviously everyone knows that social bookmarking sites like Digg,del.icio.us, etc. bring lots of traffic. But I’m now submitting some ofmy articles to blogg-buzz.com (a digg like site for bloggers), and Ialways get not a bad traffic from there.

24. Mark Alves
Participate in Yahoo Answers and LinkedIn Answers where you candemonstrate your expertise, get associated with relevant keywords andput your URL out there.

25. Tillerman
Be the first to write a post about the ‘Top Ten Blogs’ in your niche.The post will rank highly in any general search for blogs in your nicheand other bloggers in your niche write about the post and link to it.

26. Nick
Participating in forums is a great way to get loyal readers. Eitherlink baiting people in your signature or posting great advice and tipswill give you high quality traffic, which will result in returnvisitors.

27. Brandon Wood
A simple trick I’ve used to increase traffic to my blog is participatein group writing projects. In fact, that’s what I’m doing right now.

28. Alan Thomas
Don’t forget your archives. I just posted a roundup of all interviews Idid over the past seven months. One of them generated a new link and abig traffic spike from a group of users that look like they will beloyal readers now.

29. KWiz
Write something controversial. I don’t think it’s good to writesomething controversial just for the purpose of getting trafficnecessarily (especially if it’s only for that purpose and you’re beingdisingenuous), but it works.

30. Dennis Coughlin
Find the best blogs on your niche and contact the authors. Introduceyourself and send a link of your blog. This might help them to discoveryour blog, read it and possibly link to it.